Yes! You really nailed the function that rhythm usually has in funk. I really like it when you explore different genres like this, especially with the 'scientific' approach, since it not only makes for consistency but also means you can explain your choices in a clear and concise way. Great video!
One of your greatest qualities with these videos is your humility towards styles you are less familiar with and acknowledging the limits of a purely analytical approach to music. Bravo!
Brilliant!!! I am a retired keyboard player and when I was a young guy back in the 70s and 80s, our template was Sly, James Brown, Graham Central Station, P Funk, Tower of Power etc. I was fortunate to make my living as a freelance musician and thus was and still is a huge chunk of my vocabulary. I think that is so cool young musicians have studied the genre and are documenting specifics of the rhythmic language. I congratulate you. Thank you so much
This is great! I really like how you broke down a genre that's led so much by feel and turned in into these mathematical pieces that are easy to understand. Fantastic work!!
Nailed it! Got the empty space and the swing feel sorted out. Very well done indeed. If you want you can shift even more and lag the beat if you break down further to 32 nds.
Ive played guitar in a few hardcore funk bands in my youth. Shutting my eyes, this arrangement of yours feels great. As always, love your adventures. Thank you for sharing with us your discoveries...
As a classically trained French Horn player who is learning electric bass I find this honestly valuable. Saves me the time of transcribing a ton of music. Obviously I'll still need to transcribe some stuff but this is a good starting place.
Nahre! Wow! Funk musical beauty via numbers - a brilliantly superb approach with respect to clarity. I'm a non sight-reader with bananas for fingers but you are inspiring me. Big hugs & thanks from this 67 year old in the UK.
Excited for this new show! Stuff like this and Vox Earworm helps make music accessible to the masses. Music is to be shared and experienced. Thank you for sharing your gift, Nahre!
This kind of analysis really speaks to the way my brain works. Clear explanation, visuals and demonstration. Im going to test it out with a drum machine etc.
Great video and honestly a good formula to really get things going! Another thing about funk is to keep the stabs and accents very staccatissimo. Helps keep things feeling percussive and rhythmic. That said, I cant wait to see more Sound Field videos. :D
And this is exactly why theory is so important - sure there's room to really dig into the feel of funk but the idea of counting 4/4 measures and navigating them gives us a common language to explain why things work. I'd been jamming on a funky feel last night but it was way too busy, those examples of just the first half of the bar are brilliant for space. Thank you Nahre
For me with most musical genres, especially funk, it's all about the feel and groove. The feel can be broken down to the repetition of rhythms and note choices. For anyone not familiar with a particular genre, I think it is very useful to breakdown the rhythms associated with a particular genre to find out the elements that are responsible for the feel. Thank you for sharing!
I found your channel a few days ago, but it has already become my favorite one! Absolutely fascinating videos, especially piano tutorials, you must have really decent technique! But I'm surprised that there are almost no performances on the channel, so why don't you upload some? I'd love to hear you playing some serious stuff!
Since last year, your feel has gotten significantly better! The first composition was good, but the performance was stiff. You're getting a lot more familiarized with swing genres, and honestly it's an inspiration. Keep doing what you're doing, and keep making videos.
Your scientific approach is like watching a water balloon burst in slow motion. I think it’s easy to feel and know in the body what is happening but by denoting visually and audibly what happens in each frame of the count you’re slowing down time. From there we can see all the pieces in great detail in a way that goes beyond just saying it. Thank you!
You are amazing! I've stumbled across your channel a few days ago, and now I can't stop watching your videos!! Great vibe, you're so humble and you have a very cool approach to the genres you explore. Keep it up!!!
This is really awesome. It was very inspiring to see you develop a formula for the rhythmic phrasing. Also, to my ears your classical background revealed itself in the chord voicings. Without being a funk expert the timbres sounded a lot more complex compared to what i associate with funk chords in general.
This is fun! One of the most important parts of funk is simply striking the pocket to carry that groove the right way. If you listen closely to how the drums are played, the snare comes in just a little bit late to land in that pocket, which makes for most of how the genre sounds. You can have a 4/4 beat played with no notated syncopation, but as long as the snare hits the pocket it will still sound funky. What's very fun to do over those kinds of beats is to play around with very few syncopated in a bassline under it, maybe even just one syncopated tone, with the rest being on beat. The few hits that are syncopated swing the groove in a crazy way because the use of them is so restrictive.
Love this video concept! As someone who often suffers from writer's block, I found this extremely helpful and interesting! Hope to see more videos like this in the future!
As an intuitive musician who has been playing in these genres for most of my musical life, I find these videos really baffling. That's not a negative, I'm just amazed at how it's possible for us to both be 'Performers' who probably use similar theoretical terminology, but our actual conception and understanding of music is so different. It's really fascinating! Was cool to see you break things down like this, although it'd be a lot of thinking for most of us to play like this. Especially since 'groove' and 'locking in' seems to be such a human/emotional sensation for most contemporary pop musicians. Cool Vid, thanks! ;)
I listened to you again with this piece Nahre, and this was a fun piece. You have the right idea...the chording and feel take on a short, stubby, staccato feel. Its takes getting used to as you play with the accompanying beats and syncopated rhythms that give the sound its funky feel. 😁🎹😉🎼
This is a really interesting approach!! I’ve been playing piano for a while, and funk has ALWAYS challenged me :(. I’ll give this a try and see how it feels!
@@NahreSol I like the way you approach genres that you are not familiar with. Now that you have a great drummer for funk, you should jam with him and others who are comfortable in the genre. There is no substitute for playing with other musicians. BTW someone mentioned that your piece sounded like Herbie Hancock. I emailed you a YT link to a piece I wrote with quartal harmony with pre-funk "Herbie-like' chords. I always appreciate your feed back.
You "blinded me with science" but really helped take some of the mystery out of it. I'm sure someone will complain that it was simplified too much, but I don't think so. Thanks!
I like your videos very much! I am a jazz guitarist, coming from swing and bebop - and I am thinking in 8ths for phrasing. I started a Duo with a bassman who played years in a funk band. We had to do some bossa nova for a singer and I noticed, Mr. Bass an I had a different feeling. When I told him, to play off-beats, he did something like "off-off-beats". His rhythmical grid was in 16ths Notes. It was not easy to fix this and some phrases just didn't work out.
Formula for a funk feel is as very funky name for a funk track
This entire comment is the name.
@@UniqueisUnity that's a terrific name for a funk band name
Phormula phor a phunk Pheel!
Yes! You really nailed the function that rhythm usually has in funk. I really like it when you explore different genres like this, especially with the 'scientific' approach, since it not only makes for consistency but also means you can explain your choices in a clear and concise way. Great video!
Thank you!! I really appreciate it!!
One of your greatest qualities with these videos is your humility towards styles you are less familiar with and acknowledging the limits of a purely analytical approach to music. Bravo!
You really put a lot of love and work in your videos! I really admire your work especially the funky stuff pls keep it up! 😊
Thank you!! ❤
Brilliant!!! I am a retired keyboard player and when I was a young guy back in the 70s and 80s, our template was Sly, James Brown, Graham Central Station, P Funk, Tower of Power etc. I was fortunate to make my living as a freelance musician and thus was and still is a huge chunk of my vocabulary. I think that is so cool young musicians have studied the genre and are documenting specifics of the rhythmic language. I congratulate you. Thank you so much
This is great! I really like how you broke down a genre that's led so much by feel and turned in into these mathematical pieces that are easy to understand. Fantastic work!!
Love the little graphic that shows how the 16th snow rhythms were built up. Really interesting video, thanks for posting
Nailed it! Got the empty space and the swing feel sorted out. Very well done indeed. If you want you can shift even more and lag the beat if you break down further to 32 nds.
Awesome. Really loved the breakdown of the composition. This is really useful for me to create funkier music. Thanks so much!
Amazing, thank you!!! ❤
Naaaa - You wanna pla fuunk, here, smoke thisss brutha! :D
Unfortunately, I've been living in China for many years and they have the death penalty for that here. :(
Pretty funky! I can hear some Stevie Wonder type riffs in the combined take.
it's the clav from superstition
Ive played guitar in a few hardcore funk bands in my youth. Shutting my eyes, this arrangement of yours feels great. As always, love your adventures. Thank you for sharing with us your discoveries...
Cool, it's that lost Herbie Hancock track from the 70s!. :D
I thought the same thing!
Thought the same!
Your visual representations in this are outstanding.
You've definitely got the funk this time! Beautifully done!
Thank you!!! I appreciate it 😀
The GUIs helped me understand how funk rhythm works. Thanks for the scientific analysis and demo.
So cool to see this broken down. I've never thought to analyze funk rhythms and phrasing like this.
As a classically trained French Horn player who is learning electric bass I find this honestly valuable. Saves me the time of transcribing a ton of music. Obviously I'll still need to transcribe some stuff but this is a good starting place.
Nahre! ABSOLUTELY THRILLED to have you on Sound Field! What should we name this song, so we can upload it to Soundcloud??!
Rhythm 'n Sol
@@Opuskrokus I was thinking Baby Popcorn
ludwig amadeus obviously.....
I like it@ludwig amadeus
Funk: How To
Nahre! Wow! Funk musical beauty via numbers - a brilliantly superb approach with respect to clarity. I'm a non sight-reader with bananas for fingers but you are inspiring me. Big hugs & thanks from this 67 year old in the UK.
What a great way to visualize The Funk!! LOVE this!!
Thank you!!
Excited for this new show! Stuff like this and Vox Earworm helps make music accessible to the masses. Music is to be shared and experienced. Thank you for sharing your gift, Nahre!
You nailed it! That scientific approach is also how I went about learning this stuff
Thank you!!
This kind of analysis really speaks to the way my brain works. Clear explanation, visuals and demonstration. Im going to test it out with a drum machine etc.
I could dance to that! Loved the keyboard views. Thanks
16th note subdivisions are what my bass teacher told me to focus on for funky feel - great video... thanks for sharing your formula!
Thank you!!
You're simply amazing, please don't stop doing what are you doing
Such an inspiration! These videos make me want to keep growing as a musician! I love the way you present the info it’s so genuine and clear
Thank you!!! ❤
Same! this channel has made me listen to music differently!
One of my favourite channels now, thank you for your videos)
Great video and honestly a good formula to really get things going! Another thing about funk is to keep the stabs and accents very staccatissimo. Helps keep things feeling percussive and rhythmic. That said, I cant wait to see more Sound Field videos. :D
And this is exactly why theory is so important - sure there's room to really dig into the feel of funk but the idea of counting 4/4 measures and navigating them gives us a common language to explain why things work. I'd been jamming on a funky feel last night but it was way too busy, those examples of just the first half of the bar are brilliant for space.
Thank you Nahre
So inspiring! Thank you for sharing your thought process. The division in 16th surely helps a lot...
thx for the upload helps me feel like im on the right track towards my dreams n goals n wants n everything thank you so much
A scientific approach to compose a funk song is a brilliant idea! Really groovy track!
Really useful video Nahre. Thank you so much for sharing this.
the formula is awesome and easy to understand with sequencer
I love the little text, it really helps.
Love the formula, it's a very simple and efficient way to demonstrate a core principle.
very cool ideas! what a differences those two quarter note rests made that you added in the second versions! very inspiring thank you so much Nahre
Thank you !! ❤
I love how fearless you are! Do it the way you do it:) sounds fantastic
One like is not enough... LOVE these explorations! Keep it up.
As a hard of hearing musician, thank you thank you THANK YOU for open captions!
That's brilliant Nahre! Thank you.
Thank you!!
STRONG 70s Herbie/Head Hunters vibe! Love it 💖🎶
Thank you for a great video. Love the keys and the drums, so thank you both.
LOVE this video. I come from the same background of classical music so this was SUPER helpful!
Fantastic!
Unique! Many use a triplet feel.
It moves!
For me with most musical genres, especially funk, it's all about the feel and groove. The feel can be broken down to the repetition of rhythms and note choices. For anyone not familiar with a particular genre, I think it is very useful to breakdown the rhythms associated with a particular genre to find out the elements that are responsible for the feel. Thank you for sharing!
I found your channel a few days ago, but it has already become my favorite one! Absolutely fascinating videos, especially piano tutorials, you must have really decent technique! But I'm surprised that there are almost no performances on the channel, so why don't you upload some? I'd love to hear you playing some serious stuff!
I'll DEFINITELY be using this to help me write a funky track, thanks for the tips!
Since last year, your feel has gotten significantly better! The first composition was good, but the performance was stiff. You're getting a lot more familiarized with swing genres, and honestly it's an inspiration. Keep doing what you're doing, and keep making videos.
Thank you!!
This is gold! thank you so much to share.💞🎶
Thank you!!
Your scientific approach is like watching a water balloon burst in slow motion. I think it’s easy to feel and know in the body what is happening but by denoting visually and audibly what happens in each frame of the count you’re slowing down time. From there we can see all the pieces in great detail in a way that goes beyond just saying it. Thank you!
You are amazing! I've stumbled across your channel a few days ago, and now I can't stop watching your videos!! Great vibe, you're so humble and you have a very cool approach to the genres you explore. Keep it up!!!
great cool and fresh !... PEACE LOVE AND HAVIN FUN
This is great! Gave me an inspiration that I think will help to resolve a seeming contradiction in my musical ideas. Thank u!
Nice! One thing I like about funk too it's the frequent contrast between long and very short notes. like quarters and 32's, etc..
Nice! Funky Nippon! I am a vessel. I hold things. You gave me another viewpoint. Thank you.
Love that funky clavinet sound! Yes! Thanks Nahre!!!
Thank you so much!
Fantastic! :D
funktastic
Brilliant, Nahre, visually an musically!
And it sounds great... Congrats!
You have a really great funk groove and feel! Those accents make all the difference!
Love it! Thank you!
This is really awesome. It was very inspiring to see you develop a formula for the rhythmic phrasing. Also, to my ears your classical background revealed itself in the chord voicings. Without being a funk expert the timbres sounded a lot more complex compared to what i associate with funk chords in general.
Thank you!!
Interesting? That was amazing! And fits perfectly for some rhythm guitar lines as well. Ma'am, you are great! 😀😉😊
Thank you so much!!! ❤
This is fun! One of the most important parts of funk is simply striking the pocket to carry that groove the right way. If you listen closely to how the drums are played, the snare comes in just a little bit late to land in that pocket, which makes for most of how the genre sounds. You can have a 4/4 beat played with no notated syncopation, but as long as the snare hits the pocket it will still sound funky. What's very fun to do over those kinds of beats is to play around with very few syncopated in a bassline under it, maybe even just one syncopated tone, with the rest being on beat. The few hits that are syncopated swing the groove in a crazy way because the use of them is so restrictive.
I love your breakdowns. These are super cool. :)
Made my foot tap and head rock, so... Yup! Loved it.
Thank you!!! ❤
I think that was awesome! Such a great explanation for anyone who wants to get into this genre! Thank you for the upload Nahre :)
This formula can be a very good start of writing music. Great video!
Awesome, thank you!!
Love this video concept! As someone who often suffers from writer's block, I found this extremely helpful and interesting! Hope to see more videos like this in the future!
That looks like Adam Neely's method for counting polyrhythms. Very cool!
Your videos always look really nice, and it makes all of these complex ideas easy to understand. Thanks for the awesome video!
damn I love the scientific approach, this makes thinking of phrases much easier, thank u, amazing video!
As an intuitive musician who has been playing in these genres for most of my musical life, I find these videos really baffling.
That's not a negative, I'm just amazed at how it's possible for us to both be 'Performers' who probably use similar theoretical terminology, but our actual conception
and understanding of music is so different. It's really fascinating!
Was cool to see you break things down like this, although it'd be a lot of thinking for most of us to play like this. Especially since 'groove' and 'locking in' seems to be such a human/emotional sensation for most contemporary pop musicians.
Cool Vid, thanks! ;)
Nahre, woww...nice! Very tasteful, edge'y funky...love what you come up with. Im a loyal fan and supporter!
Thank you!! ❤
I listened to you again with this piece Nahre, and this was a fun piece. You have the right idea...the chording and feel take on a short, stubby, staccato feel. Its takes getting used to as you play with the accompanying beats and syncopated rhythms that give the sound its funky feel. 😁🎹😉🎼
Thank you so much for posting this video...cheers🍺
This is a really interesting approach!! I’ve been playing piano for a while, and funk has ALWAYS challenged me :(. I’ll give this a try and see how it feels!
RUclips recommendations working its magic😁
❤
Your videos are awesome, So unique and inspiring. Cheers from Australia!
Thank you!!
You made this so clear and concise. Quality!
Subdivisions are as important as intervals in music, a great way to figure it out if someone is not really involved into these things
Bringing it on in! Love for the revisiting of funk. 😻
OMG, to funky. I’ve learned a lot from this
This is amazing
Love it! Interesting approach and great collaboration!
Thank you Erik-!!
@@NahreSol I like the way you approach genres that you are not familiar with. Now that you have a great drummer for funk, you should jam with him and others who are comfortable in the genre. There is no substitute for playing with other musicians. BTW someone mentioned that your piece sounded like Herbie Hancock. I emailed you a YT link to a piece I wrote with quartal harmony with pre-funk "Herbie-like' chords. I always appreciate your feed back.
You are getting close to unlocking the secret rhythm .... which is just a clave! 😂
Hi Haze!!
Happy New Year Nahre, thank you for your help!! :D
Great stuff Nahre!! You are very good as a teacher. And very smart as a student. Thanx.
Great advice! Cheers!
Love it!!
this is realy cool it reminds me a lot of how adam neely talked about polyrythems and how to count them
Yes, I've found this interesting, thank you.
You "blinded me with science" but really helped take some of the mystery out of it. I'm sure someone will complain that it was simplified too much, but I don't think so. Thanks!
Thank you!!
Thanks! Informative, instructional and inspiring. All the best!!
Great video , thank you for useful informations.
Very interesting approach. I have been funking for decades and never realized how good I am.
Wow this came together nicely. I'm not too musically inclined but I love the breakdown you did for how you got there
I like your videos very much! I am a jazz guitarist, coming from swing and bebop - and I am thinking in 8ths for phrasing. I started a Duo with a bassman who played years in a funk band. We had to do some bossa nova for a singer and I noticed, Mr. Bass an I had a different feeling. When I told him, to play off-beats, he did something like "off-off-beats". His rhythmical grid was in 16ths Notes. It was not easy to fix this and some phrases just didn't work out.
Great method! Thanks